Plymouth, MA – Construction is nearing completion on Cherry Hill II Apartments in Plymouth, MA. Located on Court Street, not far from Plymouth’s historic sites and downtown area, Cherry Hill II is a two-building complex comprised of a 35-unit affordable elder apartment facility and a 10,000 sf office structure. Developed by Plymouth Bay Housing Corporation, a local not-for-profit entity, the project has been designed by Fine Associates of Boston and is being constructed by Callahan, Inc., of Bridgewater, MA. With a budget of $11 million, funding sources include a Town of Plymouth CPA grant, a construction loan from Rockland Trust, the Department of Housing and Community Development and low-income housing tax credits. The entire project is slated for completion by early summer of this year.
The apartment building is a five-story, 43,000 sf, concrete plank and bearing wall frame structure and an addition to Cherry Hill I elder housing constructed in the 1970’s. It is clad in a beige brick and two types of siding.
CHII connects to CHI and has two entrances, one adjacent to CHI and the other a parking lot entrance on the east end of the building. The ground floor has a common kitchen and dining room, a community room with fireplace, and a patio adjacent to the community room. All residential floors have a corridor seating area and a common balcony facing Plymouth Harbor. The building has 31 one-bedroom units and 4 two-bedroom units. All residences have open kitchens with eating counters, pantry closets and laundries.
Sustainable features include a white EPDM roof, condensing boilers, high-efficiency motors, low-flow plumbing fixtures, bamboo flooring and T5 lamps in all public spaces. Unit air conditioning is provided by high-efficiency, individual, roof-top condensers. Apartment finishes include wood laminate flooring in living/dining areas, ceramic tile in baths and solid-surface counters throughout. The building’s public corridors are differentiated by distinct colors on a floor-by-floor basis to facilitate way-finding. The colors range form earthtones at grade to skytones at the top floor.
The CHII office building will house the offices of Plymouth Bay Housing Corporation and the Cherry Hill II Management Office. It is a three-story, wood frame building that also has a full basement. The inspiration for the exterior design is neighboring Victorian buildings. The scheme features a faceted turret capped with a conical dome, a porch that wraps around the first floor, and two types of siding: shingle and rounded.
The building’s Court Street entrance has a reception area with a private conference room for tenant meetings. Public meetings will take place in one of two conference rooms which are positioned within the faceted turret on Floors One and Two.
Full site accessibility has been included. The new accessible route begins at the Court Street sidewalk and, through a series of ramps and sloped paths, climbs a 16-foot elevation change to Cherry Hill II’s front door.